Political Quotes

“Mr. President, if I could just make one quick observation here, first off, the funding that was provided in the Republican bill wasn't inconsequential. It was $650 billion. And to the Democratic leader's point about the people in this country want what is now a $2.4 trillion bill--boy, I can tell you, I haven't seen that anywhere, and maybe there is some polling out there that indicates that. But I think if you ask the question: Would you want to spend $2.4 trillion dollars if you knew you were borrowing it from your children and grandchildren, you might get a different answer. And the truth of the matter is, we have gone $3.5 trillion--all borrowed money, all added to the debt--already to address coronavirus relief. That being said, we did bring a bill up that was another $650 billion, and the Democrats blocked it. Why? Because it didn't spend enough, and they didn't think it spent enough on the things that they thought it ought to spend money on. Well, if that is the debate, let's get on our bill. Let's start at the $650 billion base level, and they can offer amendments to increase funding. By the way, we did have funding in there for testing and vaccines-- significant amounts of money negotiated by Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.…”